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What provides the energy needed for evaporation to occur naturally in the water cycle?
a) Wind
b) Rivers
c) Soil
d) Sun
The Sun’s heat energy causes evaporation. Most of the evaporation on the Earth happens to water found in -
a) Lakes
b) Oceans
c) Rivers
d) Underground
What part of the water cycle is driven by the Sun's heat?
a) Evaporation
b) Condensation
c) Precipitation
d) Accumulation
The Sun drives the water cycle by doing which of the following?
a) Rotating on its axis
b) Giving off light for plants
c) Keeping Earth in orbit
d) Providing heat for evaporation
Water on the Earth moves through the water cycle because of energy that comes from the –
a) Earth’s core
b) Sun’s heat
c) Moon’s gravity
d) Wind’s movement
Students created a model of the water cycle by heating a beaker of water on a hot plate and allowing water vapor to condense on the bottom of a metal pan filled with ice cubes. What part of their model is doing the same job as the Sun?
a) Beaker of water
b) Ice cubes
c) Metal pan
d) Hot plate
Most evaporation in the water cycle happens from oceans. This is because oceans –
a) expose the most water to the Sun’s energy
b) contain water with salt dissolved in it
c) have currents that constantly mix them
d) reach the poles where sheets of ice form
Sun’s heat causes which of the following movements of water in the water cycle?
a) Rivers flowing down mountains
b) Evaporation from oceans
c) Precipitation from clouds
d) Collection of water in lakes
The warming of water enough to change from a liquid to a gas
a) Oceans
b) Evaporation
c) Sun
d) Condensation
Large bodies of salt water covering nearly ¾ of Earth
a) Oceans
b) Sun
c) Evaporation
d) Condensation
Water that falls to Earth as rain, sleet, snow, or hail
a) Evaporation
b) Condensation
c) Sun
d) Precipitation
The cooling of water vapor enough to return to a liquid state
a) Evaporation
b) Sun
c) Condensation
d) Precipitation
The star in our solar system that provides light and heat energy
a) Sun
b) Mercury
c) Moon
d) Mars
What must occur for salt to be separated from ocean water?
a) Condensation
b) Evaporation
c) Precipitation
d) Accumulation
Tiny water droplets “bumping into” each other and collecting in larger, visible drops that fall is known as -
a) Precipitation
b) Evaporation
c) Accumulation
d) Runoff
The movement of water through Earth and its atmosphere is known as the -
a) Evaporation
b) Accumulation
c) Precipitation
d) Water Cycle
Water flowing over the ground in rivers and streams is called-
a) Accumulation
b) Runoff
c) Evaporation
d) Precipitation
Water that collects underground in aquifers is called-
a) Underground oceans
b) Ground water
c) Rivers and streams
d) Caves
When water evaporates directly from the leaves of plants it is called-
a) Evaporation
b) Plant evaporation
c) Transpiration
d) Sweating
The amount of water on Earth has not increased or decreased.
a) True
b) False
c) There is no way to know
d)
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